A Selection Of Heat Noises, In No Particular Order
Some suggestions for the obverse of ‘brr’
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1 min readJul 21, 2017
- Woof
- melting
- FML
- hot af
- Man it’s a hot one
- Yow
- arr
- “ssss” to indicate sizzling.
- buhh
- it would have to be like an “aahhh” that when you say it out loud sounds like an uncomfortable exhale
- “guhhhhhhhhhh”
- “How does one onomatopoeticize mouth-breathing?”
- Oy
- “whew!” while fanning one’s face…
- “hot enough for ya?”
- *whistle noise*
- Whew
- “Hoo.” Alternatively “Hooboy.”
- UFF-DA
- Fuuuggggghhhhhhhh
- “at least it’s not fucking windy”
- Phew (BrE)
- “Pluhhh” — but you have to say it slow, with a lazy tongue. The “p” evokes the drip of an AC unit, or the peeling of one’s butt off a seat.
- sheesh
- driiiiiiiiiip (drip)
- “It’s not the heat, its the humidity.”
- It’s that unavoidable gasp when you step outside and feel the weight of the heat bearing down on you.
- rrb
- “fwoof” like the sound you make when the weather is so hot it forces the air from your lungs
- [a word for when you pull your top away from your sweaty chest and fluff it to make a little breeze]
- *pants heavily*
